Carnelian
Carnelian is a clear to translucent reddish-brown variety of chalcedony. It may vary from a pale orange to an almost black coloration. It has a mohs hardness of 6-7. It is commonly found in India and Siberia.
Carnelian is a clear to translucent reddish-brown variety of chalcedony. It may vary from a pale orange to an almost black coloration. It has a mohs hardness of 6-7. It is commonly found in India and Siberia.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8376B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large lapis and carnelian. Forming a separate string. See field notes item 8. |
| 11910 | 30-12-562 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large double conoids of electrum and carnelian and flat lentoids of carnelian and gold: all from one string on the chest of the central figure in the domed chamber. | |
| 19851 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large carnelian rings. |
| 19854 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large carnelian rings. |
| 19856 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large carnelian rings. |
| 19857 | 35-1-83 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large carnelian rings. | |
| 18440 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large carnelian rings and 2 shell curved tubes. |
| 11560 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis, gold, carnelian & shell forming a belt. (See Field Notes). NB = Most of the beads are in the mixed collection. Then put apart in a cigarette box an almost [illegible 3 word phrase] of the same belt.) |
| 12047 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis, gold & silver, with very small carnelian rings. |
| 8667 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis, carnelian, 1 chalcedony, 1 silver disk bead (broken) and two or three gold plated beads in bad condition. See field notes. |
| 8164 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis, carnelian and silver. About 180 in all. The lapis and carnelian are double conoids: some of the silver are the same, some are treble ball heads and some are imitation shells. Strung, silver lapis carnelian lapis silver. |
| 18900 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis triangles and date-shpaed, 4 tubular; carnelian balls; larger limestone(?) balls; chalcedony flattened date-shaped. |
| 11514 | (none) | 1929,1017.303 | (none) | Beads. Lapis lentoids & double conoids with 2 ribbed gold balls & a few carnelians (rings and 1 bugle). |
| 14480A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis lazuli cylindricals and gold bugles. Carnelian rings from skirt. |
| 19183 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis double conoids, large, carnelian double conoids, long date-shaped and dated-shaped. |
| 11935 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis double conoids, carnelian bugles, carnelian rings, small lapis balls, and silver beads (decayed) See Field Notes. |
| 12298 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis double conoids, barrels & ring beads. Carnelian double conoids, ring beads, 1 bugle. Calcite truncated flattened conoid. |
| 12237 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis double conoids & carnelian rings. [drawing on back of card, representation of excavation area]. |
| 11718 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis double conoids & 2 carnelians; also a pair of silver wire spiral coil earrings. |
| 19866 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis date-shaped and carnelian and silver date (large) lapis and silver balls (small) (for order see field notes) |
| 8376A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis bugles, small, and carnelian rings. These went to complete the triple collar with silver rings attached. See field notes item 8. |
| 11147.1 | (none) | (none) | B 17633 | Beads. Lapis bugles and carnelian rings being the remains of a headdress (the rest had been plundered). | |
| 11147.2 | (none) | (none) | B17632 | Beads. Lapis bugles and carnelian rings being the remains of a headdress (the rest had been plundered). |
| 11884 | (none) | 1929,1017.328 | (none) | Beads. Lapis bugles & carnelian rings from a wreath of silver beech leaves. 1-kept. |
| 19570 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis and carnelian, balls, small ovals and date-shaped |
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